![]() HIs earliest years were spent in a well-to-do Jewish enclave. Growing up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, Silber learned many survival lessons. His itch to get out and see new places may have been inherited from his Austro-Hungarian Jewish immigrant parents. In truth, Silber’s been on the move since he was a young man, when this New York City native left the fast-paced, rough and tumble North for the slower rhythms and time-worn traditions of the South. Their Fontenelle Hills home is adorned with artifacts from their travels. They’ve even gone on safaris in Kenya and South Africa. Perhaps the biggest scoop of his career was obtaining an interview with Caril Ann Fugate shortly after she and Charles Starkweather were taken into custody following the couple’s 1958 killing spree.Ī decade later Silber caught the first wave of Go Big Red fever when he co-wrote a pair of Husker football books.Īs Veteran of Foreign Wars publicity chairman he went to China with an American contingent of retired servicemen.Įven when he stopped chasing stories following his 1988 retirement, he kept right on going, taking cruises with his wife Sissy to ports of call around the globe. ![]() He counted as sources Pentagon wonks and Beltway politicos. ![]() Presidents, even more Secretary of States and countless military brass. He went to Vietnam multiple times to report on the war. Soon after his convalescence he embarked on a distinguished journalism career.Īs a reporter, the Omaha Press Club Hall of Fame inductee covered most everything. Army veteran, Silber was wounded in combat preceding the Battle of the Bulge. Like a dashing fictional adventurer he’s spent the better part of his 90 years gallivanting about the world to feed his wanderlust.Ī Band of Brothers World War II U.S. It’s hard not viewing retired Omaha World-Herald military affairs editor Howard Silber’s life in romantic terms. War veteran, reporter, raconteur, bon vi vant, globetrotter ![]() Retired Omaha World-Herald military affairs newsman Howard Silber: ![]()
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